YOUR FERTILITY
Bleeding is probably the first sign that something is up. Then there might be pain, and later blood clots and parts of the foetus might appear.
Or your amniotic fluid starts leaking – a sign that the amniotic sac has ruptured – without you feeling a thing. The result is the same: your pregnancy is over.
A loss of pregnancy is termed a miscarriage if it happens before the foetus reaches viability, explains Dr Francois Cilliers, a maternal-foetal specialist from Bloemfontein.
After that, it's called a